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In reply to the discussion: STOCK MARKET WATCH, Friday, December 16, 2011 [View all]Ghost Dog
(16,881 posts)VIENNA (dpa-AFX) - European stocks finished a brutal week on a downbeat note Friday, as markets remain skeptical of efforts to end the region's sovereign debt crisis.
The bickering continued among political leaders, with Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti taking a veiled swipe at German Chancellor Angela Merkel...
...The Euro Stoxx 50 index of eurozone bluechip stocks unofficially lost 0.85 percent, for a weekly loss of nealy 6 percent.
The Stoxx Europe 50 index, which includes some major U.K. companies, eased 0.52 percent today.
The German DAX is lost 0.29 percent, the French CAC 40 fell 0.88 percent and Switzerland's SMI was down 0.98 percent a few minutes before the closing bell. The UK's FTSE 100 was up 0.06 percent.
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